﻿7<S 
  CONTAGIOUS 
  DISEASES 
  OF 
  THE 
  CHINCH-BUG. 
  

  

  with 
  them. 
  I 
  put 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  infected 
  bugs 
  in 
  it 
  a 
  couple 
  of 
  days 
  later 
  than 
  in 
  the 
  

   corn, 
  and 
  they 
  had 
  just 
  begun 
  to 
  bunch 
  when 
  the 
  rain 
  came, 
  and 
  very 
  few 
  bugs 
  could 
  

   be 
  found 
  in 
  it 
  after 
  the 
  rain, 
  and 
  by 
  pulling 
  up 
  the 
  oats 
  dead 
  bugs 
  could 
  be 
  found, 
  

   where 
  they 
  had 
  gone 
  down 
  the 
  straw 
  into 
  the 
  ground." 
  

  

  No. 
  225. 
  J. 
  S. 
  Tuenee, 
  Formosa, 
  Jewell 
  county. 
  Obtained 
  infection 
  from 
  J. 
  M. 
  

   Althouse; 
  experiment 
  successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  July 
  21st: 
  '"On 
  the 
  1st 
  day 
  of 
  July 
  

   I 
  distributed 
  the 
  infected 
  bugs 
  over 
  my 
  wheat 
  field 
  where 
  the 
  bugs 
  were 
  very 
  bad. 
  

   On 
  Friday 
  evening, 
  July 
  3d, 
  I 
  noticed 
  a 
  very 
  few 
  dead 
  bugs 
  covered 
  with 
  white 
  fungus. 
  

   Cut 
  my 
  wheat 
  on 
  the 
  same 
  day, 
  and 
  continued 
  to 
  put 
  in 
  infected 
  bugs 
  every 
  48 
  hours 
  

   up 
  to 
  the 
  11th 
  of 
  July, 
  and 
  on 
  that 
  date 
  I 
  found 
  millions 
  of 
  dead 
  bugs, 
  and 
  on 
  the 
  

   13th, 
  14th 
  and 
  15th 
  could 
  dish 
  up 
  the 
  dead 
  bugs 
  with 
  a 
  spoon. 
  Scores 
  of 
  farmers 
  

   have 
  been 
  to 
  my 
  place 
  after 
  infected 
  bugs, 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  well 
  scattered, 
  and 
  some 
  of 
  

   them 
  report 
  excellent 
  success. 
  All 
  have 
  good 
  success 
  where 
  your 
  instructions 
  were 
  

   followed. 
  I 
  have 
  a 
  good 
  many 
  live 
  bugs 
  yet, 
  and 
  am 
  still 
  putting 
  out 
  infected 
  bugs. 
  

   I 
  have 
  splendid 
  success 
  in 
  the 
  infecting 
  process. 
  I 
  am 
  thoroughly 
  satisfied 
  that, 
  if 
  

   managed 
  right, 
  all 
  the 
  bugs 
  on 
  every 
  farm 
  can 
  be 
  exterminated." 
  

  

  No. 
  226. 
  G. 
  B. 
  Wade, 
  Formosa, 
  Jewell 
  county. 
  Applied 
  for 
  aid 
  June 
  27th: 
  "Send 
  

   infection 
  as 
  soon 
  as 
  convenient, 
  for 
  I 
  do 
  believe, 
  unless 
  something 
  is 
  done 
  in 
  a 
  few 
  

   days, 
  that 
  the 
  bugs 
  will 
  undoubtedly 
  destroy 
  all 
  of 
  the 
  crops 
  in 
  Grant 
  township." 
  In- 
  

   fection 
  sent 
  June 
  30th; 
  experiment 
  successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  October 
  22d: 
  "The 
  dead 
  

   bugs 
  I 
  received 
  from 
  you 
  were 
  a 
  success. 
  I 
  followed 
  your 
  instructions, 
  and 
  in 
  10 
  

   days 
  after 
  I 
  distributed 
  the 
  sick 
  bugs 
  in 
  the 
  field 
  I 
  found 
  millions 
  of 
  dead 
  bugs, 
  

   and 
  I 
  have 
  no 
  doubt 
  the 
  infection 
  saved 
  my 
  corn 
  crop." 
  

  

  No. 
  227. 
  S. 
  A. 
  Welstead, 
  Mayview, 
  Jewell 
  county. 
  Applied 
  for 
  aid 
  May 
  6th: 
  

   "Bugs 
  have 
  appeared 
  in 
  my 
  wheat." 
  Infection 
  sent 
  June 
  1st; 
  experiment 
  success- 
  

   ful, 
  as 
  reported 
  October 
  19th: 
  "My 
  experiment 
  was 
  very 
  satisfactory. 
  About 
  the 
  

   1st 
  of 
  July 
  I 
  put 
  a 
  few 
  infected 
  bugs 
  in 
  three 
  places 
  of 
  my 
  millet, 
  which 
  was 
  killed 
  

   for 
  a 
  distance 
  of 
  10 
  or 
  15 
  feet 
  along 
  the 
  whole 
  edge 
  of 
  the 
  strip; 
  also 
  in 
  the 
  edge 
  of 
  

   my 
  corn 
  field 
  out 
  of 
  which 
  I 
  thought 
  the 
  bugs 
  came, 
  and 
  in 
  a 
  few 
  days 
  I 
  found 
  im- 
  

   mense 
  numbers 
  dead, 
  and 
  I 
  knew 
  it 
  stopped 
  their 
  work 
  and 
  saved 
  the 
  balance 
  of 
  my 
  

   millet. 
  I 
  have 
  never 
  seen 
  any 
  more 
  bugs 
  in 
  my 
  corn. 
  Mr. 
  D. 
  C. 
  Blacker 
  says 
  they 
  

   saved 
  his 
  millet. 
  Also, 
  I 
  gave 
  some 
  to 
  other 
  neighbors, 
  who 
  are 
  highly 
  pleased 
  with 
  

   the 
  result." 
  

  

  No. 
  228. 
  James 
  A. 
  White, 
  Jewell, 
  Jewell 
  county. 
  Applied 
  for 
  aid 
  July 
  15th: 
  

   *' 
  Chinch-bugs 
  are 
  playing 
  havoc 
  with 
  the 
  corn 
  near 
  the 
  wheat." 
  Infection 
  sent 
  

   July 
  16th; 
  experiment 
  successful, 
  as 
  reported 
  December 
  26th: 
  "I 
  tried 
  the 
  infected 
  

   chinch-bugs, 
  but 
  the 
  next 
  day 
  it 
  rained, 
  and 
  we 
  had 
  rain 
  for 
  four 
  days 
  in 
  succes- 
  

   sion; 
  consequently 
  I 
  lost 
  my 
  infected 
  bugs. 
  Later 
  I 
  procured 
  some 
  infected 
  bugs 
  

   of 
  Mr. 
  S. 
  A. 
  Welstead 
  and 
  applied 
  them. 
  The 
  fourth 
  day 
  after, 
  the 
  bugs 
  commenced 
  

   to 
  move 
  in 
  every 
  direction; 
  fifth 
  day, 
  bugs 
  had 
  scattered 
  so 
  that 
  I 
  could 
  not 
  find 
  any 
  

   in 
  clusters, 
  but 
  all 
  on 
  the 
  move; 
  sixth 
  day, 
  they 
  commenced 
  to 
  collect 
  around 
  the 
  

   roots 
  of 
  the 
  corn, 
  and 
  noticed 
  some 
  dead 
  ones; 
  seventh 
  day, 
  but 
  very 
  few 
  live 
  bugs 
  

   to 
  be 
  seen. 
  The 
  eighth 
  day 
  I 
  sent 
  you 
  two 
  boxes 
  of 
  bugs, 
  one 
  of 
  dead 
  bugs 
  taken 
  

   from 
  my 
  farm 
  and 
  the 
  other 
  of 
  live 
  bugs 
  taken 
  from 
  an 
  adjoining 
  farm 
  where 
  no 
  

   diseased 
  bugs 
  had 
  been 
  applied. 
  I 
  am 
  satisfied 
  if 
  applied 
  properly, 
  and 
  the 
  weather 
  

   is 
  dry 
  for 
  a 
  few 
  days, 
  that 
  we 
  could 
  destroy 
  them 
  entirely." 
  Remark: 
  Note 
  that 
  the 
  

   four 
  days' 
  rain 
  did 
  not 
  kill 
  the 
  bugs. 
  

  

  No. 
  229. 
  Geo. 
  Wilson, 
  Mankato, 
  Jewell 
  county. 
  Infection 
  sent 
  July 
  29th; 
  ex- 
  

   periment 
  unsuccessful, 
  as 
  reported 
  December 
  26th: 
  " 
  I 
  think 
  the 
  bugs 
  were 
  an 
  entire 
  

   failure. 
  It 
  was 
  hot 
  and 
  dry, 
  and 
  still 
  they 
  did 
  not 
  seem 
  to 
  do 
  any 
  good. 
  My 
  neigh- 
  

  

  